Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – By combining written texts, folklore, and astronomical calculations, a team of researchers at Nagoya University, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and Otaru University of Commerce identified, examined, and analyzed specific records for three historical
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – For centuries, Indigenous communities in the American Southwest imported colorful parrots from Mexico. But according to a study led by the University of Texas at Austin, some parrots may have been captured locally and not
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed 24 ancient bronze statues at the San Casciano dei Bagni thermal bath site in a discovery described as “exceptional” by Italy’s culture minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. Italian authorities said the find
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – As the ice melts, archaeologists keep making fascinating discoveries shedding light on the ancient past. The science team involved in the Secrets of the Ice project has previously reported discovering a pre-Viking arrow buried under the
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – An exceptionally well-preserved collection of fossils discovered in eastern Yunnan Province, China, has enabled scientists to solve a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make
AncientPages.com – Imagine that you have an unhealthy interest in your neighbors’ lives. Unable to ask them directly, you rifle through their rubbish bins. You find the bones of cooked chickens and try and work out what else they eat.
Eddie Gonzales Jr. – AncientPages.com – About 8,000 to 10,000 years ago, a major climate shift took place, and Sahara turned into a desert. Before this occurred, the region was inhabited by an ancient civilization scientists still know little about. The
AncientPages.com – When you imagine life for ordinary people in ancient Britain, you’d be forgiven for picturing quaint villages where everyone looked and spoke the same way. But a recent study could change the way historians think about early medieval
AncientPages.com – In many popular accounts of human prehistory, civilization emerged in a linear fashion. Our ancestors started as Paleolithic hunter-gatherers living in small, nomadic and egalitarian bands. Later, they discovered farming and domesticated animals for food and service. Before
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – On December 21, 2021, Pawel Bednarski made the discovery of a lifetime using a metal detector. It was actually a bit of a coincidence that he ventured out on this particular day. The weather had
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The use of fire can tell us a lot about human evolution. Archaeologist Femke Reidsma has developed a more accurate technique to identify how our ancestors used fire, implying that existing archaeological studies may need
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A Stone Age burial site was carried out in Majoonsuo, located in the municipality of Outokumpu in Eastern Finland. This exceptional excavation produced microscopically small fragments of bird feathers, canine and small mammalian hairs, and
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – A century on, the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb remains one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the 20th century. Dr. Karin Sowada, director of Macquarie’s Australian Centre for Egyptology, explains why it still fires
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The Americas were the last continent to be inhabited by humans. An increasing body of archaeological and genomic evidence has hinted to a complex settlement process. This is especially true for South America, where unexpected
Conny Waters – AncientPages.com – The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of human evolution. Dr. Yassine Souilmi, Group Leader at the University of Adelaide’s
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – A beautiful and exceptionally rare golden artifact has been found near Blairdrummond in Scotland. Experts estimate the pommel is about 1,300-year-old, and most likely, it once adorned the top of a sword hilt. Measuring 5.5cm
